• Trump is proposing a $12B farm aid package to soften blow of his tariffs, White House official says

    Trump is proposing a $12B farm aid package to soften blow of his tariffs, White House official says
    By SEUNG MIN KIM, Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion farm aid package, according to a White House official — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of a broader trade war.
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  • Bomb explosion kills over 30 in eastern Congo after army clashes with pro-government militia

    Bomb explosion kills over 30 in eastern Congo after army clashes with pro-government militia
    By JUSTIN KABUMBA and MONIKA PRONCZUK
    GOMA, Congo (AP) — A bomb explosion killed more than 30 people and wounded 20 others in eastern Congo following a dispute between the Congolese army and a pro-government militia, despite a deal signed in Washington and touted as a major step toward peace in the country.
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  • Los De Juárez Burritos is giving away 100 free burritos

    Los De Juárez Burritos is giving away 100 free burritos
    While many restaurants use anniversaries to celebrate milestones, a noted Anaheim burrito joint is commemorating its follower count instead.
    Los De Juárez Burritos — Omar De la Vega and Juan Del Rio’s Anaheim burrito spot known for its slender, juicy burritos — will give away 100 chile relleno burritos on Wednesday, Dec. 10 to mark its reaching 10,000 followers on Instagram.
    “It’s the burrito that put us on the map,” said De La Vega. “We&rsqu
  • Even as SNAP resumes, new work rules threaten access for years to come

    Even as SNAP resumes, new work rules threaten access for years to come
    By Renuka Rayasam and Katheryn Houghton and Samantha Liss, KFF Health News
    Alejandro Santillan-Garcia is worried he’s going to lose the aid that helps him buy food. The 20-year-old Austin resident qualified for federal food benefits last year because he aged out of the Texas foster care system, which he entered as an infant.
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  • Trump’s former lawyer Alina Habba resigning as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey

    Trump’s former lawyer Alina Habba resigning as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey
    By JAKE OFFENHARTZ
    President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Alina Habba, said Monday she is resigning as the top federal prosecutor for New Jersey, giving up her fight to stay in the job after an appeals court said she had been serving in the post unlawfully.
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  • Kerry Jackson: Checking the fine print on Newsom’s “donor state” boast

    Kerry Jackson: Checking the fine print on Newsom’s “donor state” boast
    California brags about its donor state status, that is, it forwards more in tax dollars to Washington than it gets back in federal spending. But that’s changed.According to the Rockefeller Institute of Government, California’s balance of payments with the federal government – the net difference between federal revenue collected from the state and the entirety of federal spending within that state – is negative. Three times between 2015 and 2023, California took in more th
  • Get your fill of the holiday spirit with these festive seasonal cocktails

    Get your fill of the holiday spirit with these festive seasonal cocktails
    If you’re having any trouble getting into the holiday spirit this year, don’t worry, there are plenty of ways to get into a cheerful mood by actually drinking holiday spirits.
    So to get your cheers on, here are some restaurants and a new pop-up bar that are offering holiday cocktails this season.
    El Torito’s festive Cha Cha Chata cocktail, available through Jan. 11. (Photo by Max Milla)
    El Torito
    Various locations; eltorito.com
    The Mexican chain restaurant is getting into the f
  • Dense fog advisory active for 5 Freeway through Grapevine until Tuesday midday – 1/4 mile visibility

    Dense fog advisory active for 5 Freeway through Grapevine until Tuesday midday – 1/4 mile visibility
    5 Freeway through Grapevine is the focus of a dense fog advisory released at 10:53 a.m. on Monday by the National Weather Service. The advisory is in effect until Tuesday Dec. 9, at 11 a.m.
    “Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog for elevations between 1000 and 2500 feet,” can be expected according to the NWS Hanford CA. “Mountain Highways included but not limited to: 41, 58, 152, 168, 198 and Interstate 5.”
    “Sudden encounter of low visibility could make d
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  • Bullets in Luigi Mangione’s bag convinced police that he was UnitedHealthcare CEO killing suspect

    Bullets in Luigi Mangione’s bag convinced police that he was UnitedHealthcare CEO killing suspect
    By MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press
    NEW YORK (AP) — Moments after Luigi Mangione was put in handcuffs at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, a police officer searching his backpack found a loaded gun magazine wrapped in a pair of underwear.
    The discovery, recounted in court Monday as Mangione fights to exclude evidence from his New York murder case, convinced police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, that he was the man wanted for killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan five days ea
  • ICEBlock app maker sues Trump administration for free speech violations

    ICEBlock app maker sues Trump administration for free speech violations
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of an iPhone app that flagged sightings of U.S. immigration agents sued the Trump administration for free speech violations on Monday, alleging that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi used her “state power” to force Apple to remove the app.
    Apple in October removed ICEBlock and other apps from its app store after Bondi said they put Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at risk by enabling people to track ICE activity in their neighborhoods.
    The
  • Judge orders the release of an immigrant with ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt

    Judge orders the release of an immigrant with ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt
    By HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press
    CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Brazilian woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be released from ICE custody while she fights potential deportation, an immigration judge ruled Monday.
    Bruna Ferreira, 33, a longtime Massachusetts resident, was previously engaged to Leavitt’s brother, Michael. She was driving to pick up their 11-year-old son in New Hampshire when she was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents
  • Settlement approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to pay hundreds of clergy abuse victims

    Settlement approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to pay hundreds of clergy abuse victims
    By JACK BROOK, Associated Press/Report for America
    NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Archdiocese will pay at least $230 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement approved Monday by a federal judge after years of negotiations.
    Richard Trahant, an attorney representing victims in the case, and a spokesperson for the archdiocese both confirmed the approval of the settlement to The Associated Press on Monday.
    Earlier this month, some of the survivors behind the
  • ‘It’s not safe to live here.’ Colombia is deadliest country for environmental defenders

    ‘It’s not safe to live here.’ Colombia is deadliest country for environmental defenders
    By STEVEN GRATTAN, Associated Press
    PUERTO ASIS, Colombia (AP) — Jani Silva sits inside the wooden house she built on the banks of Colombia’s Putumayo River — a home she hasn’t slept in for more than eight years.
    The longtime environmental activist has been threatened for work that includes protecting part of the Amazon from oil and mining exploitation. She describes a tense escape one night through a back window after community members tipped her that armed men were outs
  • Angels still want to add starting pitching

    Angels still want to add starting pitching
    ORLANDO — The Angels aren’t planning on stopping at the two starters they’ve added this winter.
    “I’d like to add more,” general manager Perry Minasian said from the Winter Meetings on Monday. “We’d like to continue.”
    Minasian said the average big league team used more than 13 starters last season, so there’s no reason to stop with the two they’ve added this winter: Grayson Rodriguez and Alek Manoah.
    That’s particularly true
  • Honduran man is held without bond in North Carolina train stabbing that drew comments from Trump

    Honduran man is held without bond in North Carolina train stabbing that drew comments from Trump
    By ERIK VERDUZCO and ALLEN G. BREED, Associated Press
    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge on Monday ordered a Honduran man to be held without bond in a non-fatal stabbing on a Charlotte commuter train that drew comments from President Donald Trump pointing out the suspect is in the country illegally.
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  • Recipe: Vegan Pesto Cavatelli celebrates old-world flavors in a new way

    Recipe: Vegan Pesto Cavatelli celebrates old-world flavors in a new way
    Recently I welcomed Tara Punzone to my home kitchen to show me how to prepare her scrumptious Pesto Cavatelli. Punzone is the celebrated vegan chef behind Pura Vita, the 100 percent plant-based Italian restaurant and wine bar in West Hollywood. Her new cookbook, “Vegana Italiana” (Rodale), is a lively celebration of old-world Italian flavors transformed to be entirely plant-based.
    Happily, even without the classic use of Parmigiano Reggiano, her Pesto Cavatelli was delicious. Every b
  • AI vs. AI: Patients deploy bots to battle health insurers that deny care

    AI vs. AI: Patients deploy bots to battle health insurers that deny care
    By Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline.org
    As states strive to curb health insurers’ use of artificial intelligence, patients and doctors are arming themselves with AI tools to fight claims denials, prior authorizations and soaring medical bills.
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  • 12 FBI agents fired for kneeling during racial justice protest sue to get their jobs back

    12 FBI agents fired for kneeling during racial justice protest sue to get their jobs back
    By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Twelve former FBI agents fired after kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest in Washington sued Monday to get their jobs back, saying their action had been intended to de-escalate a volatile situation and was not meant as a political gesture.
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  • 2026 Housing market: Stable rates, rising costs ahead

    2026 Housing market: Stable rates, rising costs ahead
    Thinking about making a big life change in 2026? Well, buying a home is a lot like getting married. The planning seems to take forever, everything’s more expensive than you thought it would be, and stress can quickly reach “Should we even be doing this?” levels.
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  • A year after Bashar Assad fled, Syria struggles to heal

    A year after Bashar Assad fled, Syria struggles to heal
    By GHAITH ALSAYED and ABBY SEWELL, Associated Press
    HOMS, Syria (AP) — A year ago, Mohammad Marwan found himself stumbling, barefoot and dazed, out of Syria’s notorious Saydnaya prison on the outskirts of Damascus as rebel forces pushing toward the capital threw open its doors to release the prisoners.
    Arrested in 2018 for fleeing compulsory military service, the father of three had cycled through four other lockups before landing in Saydnaya, a sprawling complex just north of Damasc
  • Climate change threatens Asia’s water and power systems, reports warn

    Climate change threatens Asia’s water and power systems, reports warn
    By SIBI ARASU and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL
    BENGALURU, India (AP) — Climate change is battering Asia’s water and power systems and putting millions in harm’s way, forcing countries to pour billions into shoring up basic services, according to two recent reports.
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  • High school football: Orange County schedule for the CIF State championships

    High school football: Orange County schedule for the CIF State championships
    Three football teams from Orange County will be playing in CIF State championship games on Saturday, Dec. 13. Here is the schedule for those games:
    HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL 
    CIF State Championships
    Saturday, Dec. 13
    OPEN DIVISION
    Santa Margarita vs. Concord De La Salle at Saddleback College, 8 p.m.
    DIVISION 4-A 
    Beckman vs. El Cerrito at Buena Park HS, 7 p.m.
    DIVISION 7-AA
    Woodbridge vs. Redding Christian at Fullerton HS, 11 a.m.
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  • CSUF spider expert likes to share her work with students

    CSUF spider expert likes to share her work with students
    While most people flinch at the sight of a spider, Cal State Fullerton assistant professor of biological science Anna Holmquist is fascinated by them. She sees the eight-legged creatures not as pests but as essential players in ecosystems that offer insights into biodiversity and community ecology.
    Holmquist’s passion for spiders and other insects and invertebrates began at a very young age, and she has clear memories of turning over rocks in her backyard and being mesmerized by the hidden
  • Woman sentenced to 4 years in prison for blackmailing soccer star Son Heung-min

    Woman sentenced to 4 years in prison for blackmailing soccer star Son Heung-min
    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for blackmailing soccer star Son Heung-min, a South Korean court said Monday.
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  • Thailand launches airstrikes along border with Cambodia as tensions reignite

    Thailand launches airstrikes along border with Cambodia as tensions reignite
    By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI and SOPHENG CHEANG
    BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand launched airstrikes along the disputed border with Cambodia on Monday as both sides accused the other of breaking a ceasefire that halted fighting earlier this year.
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  • Bloomberg expands his support of mayors globally to help save democracy. And improve trash pickup

    Bloomberg expands his support of mayors globally to help save democracy. And improve trash pickup
    By GLENN GAMBOA
    Michael R. Bloomberg has believed mayors have plenty to teach each other since he was mayor of New York City and supported the effort to share good municipal ideas through his nonprofit Bloomberg Philanthropies since he left office in 2013.
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  • UN Palestinian aid agency says Israeli police ‘forcibly entered’ its Jerusalem compound

    UN Palestinian aid agency says Israeli police ‘forcibly entered’ its Jerusalem compound
    By MEGAN JANETSKY and JULIA FRANKEL, Associated Press
    JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police forcibly entered the compound of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem early Monday, escalating a campaign against the organization that has been banned from operating on Israeli territory.
    The U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, or UNRWA, said in a statement that “sizable numbers” of Israeli forces, including police on motorcycles, trucks and
  • Where you can watch a free holiday boat parade in Southern California

    Where you can watch a free holiday boat parade in Southern California
    What would the Southern California holidays be without our annual free-to-watch boat parades? Head out to enjoy the colorful, free, festive atmosphere that always include lighted-up boats — and often costumes, music and more.
    Just get there early, because they’re justly popular, expect to hunt for parking (or bike or Uber), and dress warmly. It’s colder than you think. A thermos of hot beverages would not be unwelcome. And, if you just won the lottery, reserve a table by the wa
  • The European Union moves ahead with toughening its migration system

    The European Union moves ahead with toughening its migration system
    By SAM McNEIL
    BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union officials on Monday were finalizing a major overhaul of its migration system, including streamlined deportations and increased detentions, after years of fierce debate on the issue has seen the rise of far-right political parties.
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  • Meet Bob Chesney, UCLA football’s new ‘ultimate type of competitor’

    Meet Bob Chesney, UCLA football’s new ‘ultimate type of competitor’
    Salve Regina, a small Division III university of just under 3,000 students, accomplished a feat that had felt unthinkable in the years before Bob Chesney arrived.
    Eight consecutive losing seasons. Little hope. Chesney turned the page. Salve Regina finished 2010 with a 6-4 record, and Chesney, then 34, was hunting for a new offensive coordinator.
    Kevin Gilmartin, fit in a suit and tie, sat at a meager circular table in the office that’s now his own and stared at Chesney, who was at his firs

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